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57: 547:, quickly gathered an army of 20,000 and moved to attack the Egyptians who retreated in an area known as Kalnabu, a flat area unsuitable for defense. Ahmad and his 1,500 men made a series of disorganized attacks on the enemy, after an hour of skirmishing his calvary was captured and Ahmad fled the battlefield with a few horsemen, the rest of his army was killed or captured by the Ethiopians. After plundering 385:, warned Muhammad Ali against such a plan. As a result of this warning Muhammad Ali instructed his commanders to limit their conquests to the kingdoms of Dongola, Shendi and Sennar. However, the gold mines on the frontiers of Ethiopia were too tempting for the Egyptians. At the end of 1821, Muahmmad Ali's son, Isma'il Kamil Pasha, penetrated into the area of 412:, who conquered Tigray and then imported firearms from European arms dealers. With the establishment of the arms trade in northern Ethiopia he would become the most powerful lord in Ethiopia. With the end of Greek rebellions by the end of 1829 the Egyptian administrations was ready to expand towards the Ethiopian frontier. 559:
stated that he did not think much of the Egyptian troops bolstering to Khurshid Pasha, declaring that if the Egyptians again entered Ethiopian territory he would descend upon them with 60,000 troops. Khurshid then assembled and army of 7,500 men and prepared to invade Abyssinia. He was only prevented
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to kill the Egyptians, however the Egyptians were able to evacuate the town before the arrival of the Ethiopians. By 1833 the Egyptians had a force of 5,000 regular infantry and a few thousand irregular calvary in Sudan, Khurshid Pasha was able to methodically extend Egypt's control over the frontier
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In March 1848, Tewodros decided to attack Dabarki, a fortified post garrisoned with Egyptian and Ottoman troops. The Ethiopian attack faced heavy resistance and suffered many casualties from the Egyptian-Ottoman artillery. The attack failed and led to the collapse of Tewodros' campaign, forcing his
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initially entertained the idea of conquering all of Tigray and Amhara, but by the middle of the 19th century Egypt had only limited objectives in Ethiopia, namely to establish its authority over the mineral rich slopes of the Ethiopian peripheral areas.
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which were a series of internal wars between powerful regional noblemen that resulted in the complete fragmentation of the Ethiopian Empire. Moreover, the de facto ruler of the country was a powerful Oromo warlord known as
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where they destroyed two villages and sent the captives back to Khartoum. The city of Gondar was thrown into a panic as they feared the Egyptians would eventually sack the city as well.
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The situation in Ethiopia during the first half of the 19th century was generally conductive to Egyptian conquest. The country was going through a period known as the
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the Egyptians withdrew from the Gondar area. Muhammad Ali then told the French consul that he was planning to sign a peace deal with the "northern provinces of
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was the wish to seize the legendary gold reserves of Bilad as-Sudan. A final possible goal was a conquest of Ethiopia as part of a much more ambitious plan by
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The policy of raiding and extending Egyptian authority over the Ethiopian plateau was pursued by Khurshid Pasha from 1832 to 1837. The areas east of
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were continuously raided by the Egyptians for slaves and cattle, however no permanent Egyptian post was established. The coastal areas between
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In early 1836 a large force under Ahmad Kashef consisting of a battalion of regular troops, a thousand irregular calvary and a number of
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army to retreat. The Egyptians sent reinforcements to pursue Tewodros but he was able to retreat safely into the nearby highlands.
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The first clash between Egyptian and Ethiopian forces occurred in 1832 when an Egyptian governor sent some troops to occupy
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were forced to recognize Egyptian hegemony. Shiekh Miri of Gallabat was forced to submit to the Egyptians and by 1834
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was an undeclared war between the Ottoman province of Egypt and various Ethiopian warlords occurring soon after the
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who warned the Muhammad Ali government not to invade Christian Ethiopia, forcing the Egyptians to back down.
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The Egyptian conquest of Sudan in the 1820s caused worry over Ethiopia's northern regions. The governor of
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but after hearing of tensions in Sennar, left the area in 1822 and was later murdered by members of the
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who continuously raided the Egyptians in Sudan. The Egyptians then opened up negotiations with
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accompanied by Sheikh Mirri of Gallabat. They advanced into the direction towards
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embarked on a campaign to consolidate his empire by invading
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thus making it clear that he did aspire to conquer Ethiopia.
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In May 1837 the Egyptians led by Ahmad Kashef entered
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and punishing its population, Kenfu then returned to
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to dominate the whole area between the Nile and the
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Index

Ottoman–Ethiopian border conflicts
Ottoman–Ethiopian War
Muhammad Ali of Egypt

Ethiopia
Sudan
Status quo ante bellum
Great Lakes region
Ottoman Empire
Eyalet of Egypt
Ethiopian Empire
Muhammad Ali
Wube Haile Maryam
Kenfu Hailu
Kassa Hailu
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Muhammad Ali of Egypt
Egypt (1803–1807)
Anglo-Turkish War
Fraser campaign
Wahhabi War
Sudan
Greece
1st Egyptian-Ottoman War
Ethiopia
Syrian Peasant Revolt
Palestine
Alawite coast

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